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The Phil Noto cover to Cable #9 by Gerry Duggan and Phil Noto, in stores from Marvel Comics on Wednesday, March 24th, 2021
Meanwhile, in the second of our two X-book previews this week, something x-citing is going on in the next issue of Excalibur It looks like one of the multi-dimensional Captain Britains has located our regular-dimensional Captain Britain. EXCALIBUR #19 JAN210632 (W) Tini Howard (A) Marcus To (CA) Mahmud Asrar POISONED BY HER OWN VENOM! She didn't mean anything by it…but[...]
Original Artwork Auction
And there are some real bargains to be had – from early Kingsman art from Dave Gibbons, to Alan Davis' Excalibur, Simone Bianchi's Thor, Jaime Hernandez's Whoa Nellie, to when Kevin Smith wrote Batman drawn by Walt Flanagan, though in the two remaining days they may go a lot higher Still, you have to be[...]
X-Men Krakoa Spoilers
Of course, X-Men #20 seems to return Nimrod to play, and SWORD seems to suggest that Orchis is a running concern. Excalibur #19 The rest of Krakoa is still obsessed with how folk come back from the dead, and if they come back unchanged Excalibur sees issues with the return of Captain Britain Betsy Braddock, with classic[...]
Loki Gets An Omnibus Series
But what of the matching oversized-hardcovers? Well in August, Marauders and Excalibur are the first to get that treatment… Dawn Of X Comics Get Over-Sized Hardcovers – Marauders and Excalibur   MARAUDERS BY GERRY DUGGAN VOL 1 HC WRITTEN BY GERRY DUGGAN PENCILED BY MATTED LOLLI, MICHELE BANDINI, LUCAS WERNECK, MARIO DEL PENNINO & STEFANO CASELLI COVER BY RUSSELL[...]
The cover to Excalibur #16
Ho ho ho! Just one X-book hit stores on December 23rd, Excalibur #16, making this an easy week for ol' Jude Terror, a true X-mas miracle. Sworn to sell comics for Marvel executives who feared and hated the fact that Fox owned their movie rights, The Uncanny X-Men suffered great indignities Still, thanks to a corporate[...]
Almost All The Captain Britains Are Women Now? Excalibur #16 Lays It Out
Excalibur #16 spoilers ahead – but it makes some kind of sense Britain has had a female monarch for the last seventy years, and of the last two hundred years has had a female monarch for one hundred and thirty-three of them We have also had two women prime ministers in the last forty years,[...]
Will We Get A Captain Britain Spin-Off From X Of Swords? (Spoilers)
Today sees the publication of the final chapters of X Of Swords, with X-Men, Excalibur and Destruction And what a rollicking thrill-ride it is, with one final battle that turns into a very big battle indeed, with lots of surprises, new arrivals and a final that feels final but also opens up so many doors[...]
Six Matches Decided In This Week's X Of Swords Comics
Spoilers ahoy for Marauders, Excalibur and Wolverine out today Not big ones, but enough to give the flavour… last week's Marauders #14 ended rather suddenly with Wolverine doing something very bad to Her Royal Whyness, the Omniversal Majestrix, Opal Luna Saturnyne, in an attempt to prevent the tournament between the X-Men champions of Krakoa and[...]
The cover to Juggernaut #2
How about you? Three X-books were released by Marvel last week, two of which tie into X of Swords: Excalibur #13, X-Men #13, and Juggernaut #2. We're nearly halfway through the X of Swords crossover event and I have to say, I'm already feeling pretty burnt out by it It's just, I feel like everything that's[...]
The cover to X-Men #13
How about you? Three X-books were released by Marvel last week, two of which tie into X of Swords: Excalibur #13, X-Men #13, and Juggernaut #2. We're nearly halfway through the X of Swords crossover event and I have to say, I'm already feeling pretty burnt out by it It's just, I feel like everything that's[...]
The cover to Excalibur #13
In this issue of Excalibur, Saturnyne wants Brian Braddock's sword, but he's obsessed with an amulet… I'm Jude Terror, and this is X-ual Healing, the weekly X-Men recap column where I read all the X-books that come out, no matter how many, no matter how overpriced, and no matter how terrible, so you don't have to[...]
We Live, Nailbiter and That Texas Blood Get Additional Printings
That Texas Blood and X-Men get third printings, while Giga, Champions, Excalibur, We Live and other issues of That Texas Blood all go to second printings… Giga, That Texas Blood, We Live, X-Men, Champions, Get More Printings WE LIVE #1 2ND PTG AFTERSHOCK COMICS (W) Roy Miranda, Inaki Miranda (A/CA) Inaki Miranda The year is 2084 and the world has[...]
When Americans Write Brits In Excalibur #13 (Spoilers)
Sometimes I look at American writers writing Captain Britain and Excalibur comic books for Marvel and I feel a little like, well, a little like Brian Braddock in today's Excalibur #13 Pure xenophobia on my part, I know. Excalibur #13 I'm always going to want the likes of Dave Thorpe, Alan Davis, Alan Moore, Jamie Delano, Kieron[...]
This Week, Marvel Comics #1000 Page Ties In To X Of Swords (Previews)
But the pyramid that marks the Temple Of Horseman? Take a look at next month's X-Men #13? Art from X-Men #13. Cover from X-Men #13. Well that all looks very familiar doesn't it? Here are the other preview pages from Excalibur #13. Cover from Excalibur #13. Art from Excalibur #13. And from X-Factor #4 out this week… Cover from X-Factor #4. Art[...]
X Of Swords Creation #1 Review: Slow Like Honey, Heavy With Mood
As part of that severing, the ancient mutant Apocalypse sacrificed "my wife, my children, and scores of god-like mutants whose names you have never heard" to stop a threat from beyond the veil of Otherworld of Excalibur fame, where a war rages That threat looms, still hungry to snuff out the light that is Earth. Sounds cool,[...]
Marvel Snapshots: X-Men [XH]
You're welcome. Last week, Marvel published four X-books in the last week before the X of Swords crossover: X-Men #12, Excalibur #12, Hellions #4, and Marvel's Snapshots: X-Men #1 The way this column works is that this same intro will appear at the top of each recap, so if you already read this in one of[...]
The cover to Hellions #4.
You're welcome. Last week, Marvel published four X-books in the last week before the X of Swords crossover: X-Men #12, Excalibur #12, Hellions #4, and Marvel's Snapshots: X-Men #1 The way this column works is that this same intro will appear at the top of each recap, so if you already read this in one of[...]
The cover to X-Men #12.
You're welcome. Last week, Marvel published four X-books in the last week before the X of Swords crossover: X-Men #12, Excalibur #12, Hellions #4, and Marvel's Snapshots: X-Men #1 The way this column works is that this same intro will appear at the top of each recap, so if you already read this in one of[...]
The cover to Excalibur #12.
You're welcome. Last week, Marvel published four X-books in the last week before the X of Swords crossover: X-Men #12, Excalibur #12, Hellions #4, and Marvel's Snapshots: X-Men #1 The way this column works is that this same intro will appear at the top of each recap, so if you already read this in one of[...]
Second Printings For Stillwater, X-Books, Miles Morales and Thor
A bunch of second printings announced this week, including the new Chip Zdarsky/Ramon K Perez Image Comics series Stillwater, as well as second printings for Thor, Miles Morales, Spider-Man, Excalibur, Cable, Wolverine, X-Men, Thor and Marauders. Second Printings For Stillwater STILLWATER BY ZDARSKY & PEREZ #1 2ND PTG (MR) IMAGE COMICS AUG208252 (W) Chip Zdarsky (A) Mike Spicer (A/CA) Ramon[...]
So What Is X Of Swords About Exactly? (X-Men, Excalibur #12 Spoilers)
Spoilers below for X-Men #12, Excalibur #12, Captain America #23 and Giant-Size X-Men: Storm as everything begins to ramp up for the X Of Swords crossover event And for the first time, we get an inkling of what is actually going on. The Summoner, who first appeared in the most recent X-Men #5, was the son of[...]
Wolverine Finds Some Time to Chill in Wolverine #4 [XH]
There are four X-Men comics that came out last week: Empyre: X-Men #4, Excalibur #11, Cable #3, and Wolverine #4 I'm gonna recap 'em It's what I do. But first, anyone pay attention to DC Fandome this weekend? No, me neither It's kinda hard to fanboy out over a comic book company that just laid off[...]
The cover to Cable #3
There are four X-Men comics that came out last week: Empyre: X-Men #4, Excalibur #11, Cable #3, and Wolverine #4 I'm gonna recap 'em It's what I do. But first, anyone pay attention to DC Fandome this weekend? No, me neither It's kinda hard to fanboy out over a comic book company that just laid off[...]
The cover to Excalibur #11
There are four X-Men comics that came out last week: Empyre: X-Men #4, Excalibur #11, Cable #3, and Wolverine #4 I'm gonna recap 'em It's what I do. But first, anyone pay attention to DC Fandome this weekend? No, me neither It's kinda hard to fanboy out over a comic book company that just laid off[...]
The cover to Empyre: X-Men #4
There are four X-Men comics that came out last week: Empyre: X-Men #4, Excalibur #11, Cable #3, and Wolverine #4 I'm gonna recap 'em It's what I do. But first, anyone pay attention to DC Fandome this weekend? No, me neither It's kinda hard to fanboy out over a comic book company that just laid off[...]
X-Men Empyre #4 Asks That Big Krakoan Question That Has Been Worrying
We also get the first confirmed return of The Externals with a flashback with Apocalypse going back a few hundred years. Art from Excalibur #11. And a confirmation in Excalibur #11 of the way to kill an External and steal their power with a certain sword to the heart. X Of Swords here we come. Art from Excalibur #11. But[...]
Excalibur, Jim Ross, and Tony Schiavone on AEW Dynamite (Image: AEW)
If you've been missing Excalibur on the AEW Dynamite commentary team, you won't have to wait much longer for his return Excalibur will be returning to the AEW commentary team before the end of the month, according to a new report In the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer wrote: Regarding Excalibur, he[...]
Excalibur, Jim Ross, and Tony Schiavone are the commentary team for AEW.
As noted in Bleeding Cool's AEW Dynamite report earlier this week, announced Excalibur was absent from the commentary booth during the broadcast Taz filled in for Excalibur, joining Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone, though the show felt off-kilter all night, largely due to the commentary team's lack of focus with Excalibur missing No reason was[...]
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Marvel has confirmed the return of the Externals to the X-Men books for X Of Swords, with this teaser for Excalibur #11 Didn;t we say Excalibur was the book to watch? Marvel Comics Confirms The Return Of The Externals. In June, Bleeding Cool suggested that The Externals were returning to Marvel after being abandoned in the nineties. First[...]